Black Keys fans, like myself, anxiously awaiting the release of the duo's follow up to 2010 LP Brothers, can satisfy their Black Keys craving in the meantime by checking out "Lonely Boy"-- first release from the upcoming album.
El Camino-- due out December 6th-- is an album that was dreamt-up, written, compiled, recorded, and edited purely within the walls of Eye Sound Studio, Nashville. Under the direction of well-known producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Gray Album, Rome w/ Jack White and Norah Jones…), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney (pictured above) have pumped out a soul-enriched album that is described by Auerbach as "strong melodically, and it's short and to the point" (Scaggs, p. 28). The Black Keys continue to present to us their timeless rock and roll sound which has only strengthened and evolved since the group relocated from their native Akron, OH to music mecca, Nashville, TN.
"Lonely Boy" is a single that I just can’t put down right now. With lyrics like, "Oh, Oh-oh. I got a love that keeps me waiting," The Black Keys once again, successfully deliver and have truly embraced blues-rock in the first single from El Camino. Though the song paints a picture of a heart-broken, lonely individual who's jaded by his love that leaves him waiting in vain-- the beat has me singing along and clapping to the all-too-familiar scenario presented in the song. It's a song that makes you want to gyrate and twist the heartache out of your system, just like the star of the video-- actor/musician/security guard, Derrick Tuggle. In the video, D-Tug (as Auerbach and others refer to him) sampled bits from well known numbers and later explained, "I took some moves from everybody: John Travolta from 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction,' the Carlton Banks dance from 'The Fresh Prince' and a little bit of Michael Jackson, so it was a smorgasbord of everybody in there" (Montgomery, mtv.com).
The tambourine and organ-accents appropriately compliment and polish the song's essence and hints at that decades-old rock and roll sound. Overall, "Lonely Boy" is a song/video package that boasts perfection in simplicity.
~Meow~
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References
Montgomery, J. (2011, October 27). Black Keys 'Lonely Boy' Video: Meet the Dancing Machine. Mtv.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011 from http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1673294/black-keys-lonely-boy-derrick-tuggle.jhtml
Scaggs, A. (2011, November 24). Q&A: Dan Auerbach. Rolling Stone, Issue 1144, 28.
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